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APPOINTMENT OF NEW HONG KONG GOVERNOR: CHINESE PRESS REACTION
1. BOTH CHINA DAILY AND PEOPLE'S DAILY REPORTED SIR D WILSON'S
APPOINTMENT FACTUALLY ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THEIR 17 JANUARY
EDITIONS. NCNA REPORTED LATE ON 16 JANUARY SIR D WILSON'S REMARKS
DURING HIS TELEVISION INTERVIEW ABOUT CONFIDENCE IN BOTH THE UK AND
PRC GOVERNMENTS COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JD AND ABOUT HIS
DETERMINATION TO SERVE HONG KONG AND ITS INTERESTS. NONA COMMENTED
THAT SIR D WILSON WAS QUITE FAMILIAR WITH HONG KONG AND THE
CHINESE MAINLAND AND ALSO RECALLED THAT HE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO
THE TASK OF NEGOTIATING HONG KONG'S RETURN TO CHINESE
SOVEREIGNTY'
AND THAT HE HAD SERVED AS LEADER OF THE BRITISH SIDE IN THE JLG. NCNA ALSO REPORTED A SPOKESMAN FOR NONA HONG KONG AS
HAVING SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THE NEW GOVERNOR WOULD HELP
FURTHER IMPROVE THE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND
CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE SINC-BRITISH JD''.
2: NCNA ON 17 JANUARY (REPORTED IN PEOPLE'S DAILY FOR 19 JANUARY
AND CHINA DAILY FOR 19 JANUARY ON THE FRONT PAGE IN BOTH CASES)
REPORTED THAT AN MFA SPOKESMAN HAD SAID THAT THE PROG BELIEVED THAT
SIR D WILSON WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINO-BRITISH JD ON THE HONG KONG ISSUE. THE MFA SPOKESMAN ADDED
THAT ''SIR DAVID WILSON HAS BEEN A WELL-ACQUAINTED FRIEND OF OURS
FOR MANY YEARS. WE BELIEVE THAT HIS ASSUMPTION OF THE POST OF GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION AND THE
PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG.....WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE
FRIENDLY RELATIONS AND COOPERATION ALREADY ESTABLISHED BETWEEN US IN
HANDLING THE AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG WILL BE FURTHER DEVELOPED.''
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MR. GILL MORE
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